SF News DOJ Urges Mayor Breed To Relax Restrictions on Places of Worship in Scathing Letter Just before the weekend, the United States Department of Justice (DOJ) issued a heavy-handed letter to Mayor Breed criticizing the City's constraints on places of worship. Furthermore, the DOJ threatened to take "further action" if those restrictions weren't loosened up accordingly.
SF News SF To Let Nail Salons, Barbershops, and Massage Studios Resume Outdoor Services Next Week Mayor Breed and San Francisco Public Health Director Dr. Grant Colfax announced Friday that some SF businesses — mostly in the beauty industry — can start offering certain outdoor services beginning Tuesday of next week.
SF News Mayor Breed Extends Paid Leave For Over 200,000 Eligible San Franciscans Mayor Breed signed into law District 4 Supervisor Gordon Mar’s Public Health Emergency Leave ordinance Friday, instantly making some 200,000 San Franciscans eligible to receive two additional weeks of paid leave.
SF News SF Suspends All Power and Water Shutoffs, Dismisses Late Fees on Overdue Payments To shield San Franciscans from having their lights and water turned off during these worrisome times, the San Francisco Public Utilities Commission (SFPUC) won’t cut-off power and water services due to non-payment. Also, both SFPUC and SF Muni will waive late fees on overdue payments.
SF News Boudin to Stop Prosecuting for Contraband Seized at Traffic Stops, End Sentence Enhancements SF District Attorney Chesa Boudin launched a bevy of new policy directives — among them the end of charging defendants for contraband procured during "pretextual" traffic stops — yesterday, aimed at reducing racial imbalances in our criminal justice system and mass incarceration.
SF News London Breed Says No To $2.7M In Funding That Would Help Bring Back CCSF Classes Yes, the same San Francisco mayor who once took an over $5K "gift" from ousted Public Works Director Mohammed Nuru just vetoed funding to the City College of San Francisco (CCSF), money that would've gone toward reinstating hundreds of canceled classes.
